Bill
Health Insurance Amendment (Compliance Administration) Bill 2020
passed, as at 2020-12-17. Health portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Health
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2020-10-29
- second reading — 2020-10-29
- second reading — 2020-12-08
- second reading — 2020-12-08
- third reading — 2020-12-08
- introduced — 2020-12-09
- second reading — 2020-12-09
- second reading — 2020-12-10
- third reading — 2020-12-10
- passed — 2020-12-10
- royal assent — 2020-12-17
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2020-10-29.
The bill would let the Commonwealth recover Medicare payments that were made incorrectly because someone gave false or misleading information.
It clarifies that such overpayments are debts owed to the Commonwealth under the Health Insurance Act 1973.
The change supports electronic claiming systems and streamlines how incorrect MBS claims are identified and debts raised.
- Allows recovery of Medicare benefits or payments that were not payable or to which a person was not entitled.
- Clarifies that debts arise when incorrect amounts are paid due to false or misleading information.
- Supports current and future electronic Medicare claiming technologies.
People who receive Medicare benefits or payments and the Commonwealth.
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